Prime Crime: Solved Murders Archiv
182 Episoden
51 Minuten
Ned Doheny found himself embroiled in a huge bribery scandal. On behalf of his father, oil baron Edward Doheny, Ned illegally obtained drilling leases from the US government. His close friend and personal secretary, Hugh Plunkett, was present for the transaction and would likely have to testify. But before either man could even walk into a courtroom, they would wind up dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
41 Minuten
Over the ages, arsenic has had many lives — beauty fad, household product, medical prescription… and weapon of choice wielded by killers everywhere from Alabama to ancient Rome. Brine your turkey, knead your dough, and listen to our Thanksgiving Special on the regime-changing, assassination-aiding King of Poisons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
45 Minuten
By the early ‘90s, the case of Helen Brach was heating up. But to get answers, police needed to go deeper into Chicago’s cutthroat Horse Mafia. As agents worked their informants, the pieces of two cases, decades apart, finally came together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
44 Minuten
In February 1977, 65-year-old candy heiress Helen Brach disappeared, and her case went cold almost immediately. Over a decade later, investigators searching for her killer stumbled upon a vital clue that might not only solve her case, but the case of three missing Chicago boys decades earlier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
42 Minuten
In 1955, the quiet community of Jefferson Park in Chicago was known as a peaceful suburb. But its innocence was stripped away when three local boys went to a movie and never came home. Days later, their bodies were found. The case went cold for years before a seemingly unrelated crime provided the key to solving the mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
42 Minuten
Eric Tombe’s parents had last heard from him in mid-April 1922 when he sent them a letter about an upcoming trip to Paris. Shortly after, Eric’s mother began having nightmares about her son. By mid-summer, she was convinced he was dead. By 1923, Scotland Yard would find his body. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
41 Minuten
Two felons who met in prison decided to stay friends on the outside. They spent the summer and fall of 1979 kidnapping and murdering teenage girls in southern California. Police didn't even have them as suspects. Until an unlikely source came forward with crucial information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
43 Minuten
Aaron Burr is most infamous for killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel. But Burr was also a father — one whose daughter, Theodosia, vanished one night at sea. No one can say for sure what happened to her ship, The Patriot, or its passengers... though a centuries-old portrait may hold a clue. This episode originally aired on Unsolved Murders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
42 Minuten
The estranged adult children of Geraldine Kelley long suspected foul play in their father’s death. Though she had told them that John Kelley had died in a road accident, Geri revealed on her deathbed in 2004 that she’d shot him in the head and kept his body in a storage facility freezer for years. This episode originally aired on Deathbed Confessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
43 Minuten
There is no debate about who killed Alexander Hamilton. His infamous duel with Aaron Burr was held according to the standards at the time. But many, including the states of New York and New Jersey, concluded that Burr was a cold-blooded killer who got away with murder. This is a special one-part crossover with Unsolved Murders, a Spotify Original from Parcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
36 Minuten
On an August night in 1952, a blue Chrysler raced down a hill, hit a barrier, and flipped onto its side. Nearby police officers rushed to help the driver, 33-year-old Dorothy May Grammer, but it was too late. A few days later, the autopsy revealed it was no accident. It was a homicide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
37 Minuten
Four men received a guilty verdict for the murder of a person whose identity was unknown. Charges against one of the men would eventually be dropped, but the remaining three men were sentenced to die the next day. Then one of them made a startling confession. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
35 Minuten
In November of 1831, four men tried to sell a fresh body to the anatomist at King’s College in London. But a quick look at the body revealed it to be a little too fresh. Had these bodysnatchers robbed a new grave or murdered an innocent human to keep up with rising demand? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
52 Minuten
When Reporter John McCormack went looking for missing celebrity pundit Madalyn Murray O’Hair, he thought it might be more than a simple case of tax evasion. Sure enough, he found a trail of stolen gold, disgruntled employees, and a disembodied torso... But it would still take years to uncover the truth about Madalyn’s tragic last days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
48 Minuten
She was a popular atheist speaker who challenged American evangelical thought wherever she went. She was also called "the most hated woman in America" and had no shortage of enemies. So when Madalyn Murray O'Hair and her family went missing in 1995, no one went looking... for two whole years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
